Hand-power motocycle.



No. 646,069. Patented Mar. 27, I900. r, x. GOLATA.

HAND POWER MOTOOYCLE.

(Application filed July 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANCIS XAVIER GOLATA, OF DUNKIRK, NEW YORK.

HAN D-POWER M OTOCYC LE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 646,069, dated March 27,iooo.

Application filed July 28,1899. Serial No. 726,434. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS XAVIER Go'- LATA, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dunkirk, in the county of Chautauqua and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HandPower Motocycles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hand-power motocycles, and hasfor one of its objects to provide a simple, but strong, device that maybe applied to any four-wheeled vehicle, so that it may be propelled bythe hands of those riding in it.

Another of its objects is to provide means for increasing the powerexerted in propelling a vehicle supplied with-my invention.

Another of its objects is to provide means for using chain-and-sprocketgears in a handdriven four-Wheeled vehicle.

Another of its objects is to provide means for steering-the vehicle withthe feet while the hands are engaged in propelling the vehicle.

These objects I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinaftermore fully described in detail, and particularly pointed out in theclaim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which thesame reference-letters indicate like'parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. is a front elevation of the same.7

My invention consists of a four-wheeled wagon A, having a front and rearaxle connected by a reach B, in which the hind hounds O join to form thereach '13. The reach B is fastened to the front axle by a king-bolt andfifth-wheel. The body of the wagon is the ordinary rectangular bodyresting on ordinary elliptic or carriage springs and has theordinaryseats and is entered by a step from behind. Two standardsE E,of suitablematerial, preferablysteel tubing,and of suitable length, risingvertically from the front axle of the wagon A, one on each side outsidethe box or Fig. 3

body of the wagon A, are supported by a crossbar F, of suitablematerial, preferably steel tubing, passing above said front axle and thefifth-wheel of the wagon A,disconnected therewith and firmly and rigidlysecured to the bottom of the front spring of the wagon. To the tops ofsaid standards E E are fixed journal-boxes G G, in which is mounted ahandlebar I l, of suitable material, preferably steel tubing, having twoequidistant crank-handles I I, formed on opposite sides of it betweensaid standards E E, so that said handles I I will be at a convenientheight and distance to be grasped and. turned by the hands of' a personsitting in the wagon A. On each end of said handle-bar H outside saidjournal -boxes G G is placed a sprocket wheel K. Near the top of each ofsaid standards E E a brace L, of suitable material, preferably steeltubing, made in two parts, joined by a sleeve M, by means of which theycan be tightened, is secured, said brace L extending back parallel tothe body of the wagon A to its rear axle, to which it is rigidlysecured. On the inner end of the hub of each of the rear wheels of thewagon A a sprocket-wheel N is fixed,and sprocket-chains O 0 connect thesprocket-wheels K K and sprocket-wheels N N, enabling the wagon A to bepropelled by turning the crank-handles I I. By reducing the diameter ofthe rear sprocket-wheels O O and enlarging the diameter of thesprocket-wheels N N on the handle-bar H the speed can be increased, andvice versa. To the front of the front axle of the wagon A, on each sideof the fifth-wheel, is rigidly attached an iron guide P, extendingforward and upward through the bottom of the body of the wagon A, inwhich a suitable slot is cut for its easy working, said guide Pextending to a point easily reached by the foot of the person sitting inthe wagon A and furnished at its top with a suitable foot-rest Q. Bypushing with the feet the foot-rests Q Q alternately the wagon A may beguided as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a four-wheeled wagon having two axles joined by areach formed by the union of the hind hounds, after their meeting, inone piece, a front-axle connected with the wagon by a kin g-bolt andfifth-wheel, an ordinary rectangular body, ordinary double seats and astep at the back to mount into the same, of two standards, rising, oneon either side of said wagon-bod y, vertically from the front axle, across-bar supporting said standards and above and disconnected with thefront axle of said wagon and rigidly secured to the bottom of the frontspring of said wagon, braces in two parts connected by an interiorlyright-and-left screw-threaded sleeve parallel to the body of said wagonextending from said standards to the rear axle of said wagon, acrank-shaft mounted in journal-boxes fixed on said standards,sprocketwheelson the ends of said shaft, sprocketwheels on the innerends of the hubs of the rear wheels of said wagon, chains connectingFRANCIS XAVIER GOLATA.

Witnesses:

NELLIE RYAN, ALBERT E. NUGENT.

